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Why Did Nativists Oppose
First Proof Immigration? This 1895 map shows a
Even before the Civil War, Americans known as nativists sought to Chicago city block and uses
limit immigration and preserve the country for native-born, white a color key to identify the
Protestants. As immigration boomed in the late 1800s, nativist residents of each building.
feelings reached a new peak. 1. Interaction What must it
Nativists argued that immigrants would not fit into American have been like to live on
culture because their languages, religions, and customs were too this block?
different. Many workers resented the new immigrants because
2. Infer Do you think the
they took jobs for low pay. Others feared them because they were
immigrant children
different.
played together? Why or
Wherever new immigrants settled, nativist pressure grew. Nativists why not?
targeted Jews and Italians in the Northeast and Mexicans in the
Southwest. On the West Coast, nativists worked to end immigration
from China.
Chinese Exclusion  Since the California Gold Rush, Chinese
immigrants had helped build the West. Most lived in cities in tight-
knit communities called “Chinatowns.” Others farmed for a living.
One Chinese immigrant, Ah Bing, spent decades working on a farm in
Oregon, where he had a variety of cherry named after him. Today, the
Bing cherry is the most widely produced cherry in the United States.
Most Americans did not understand Chinese customs. Also, some
Chinese did not try to learn American ways. Like many other
immigrants, they planned to stay only until they made a lot of money.
They hoped to then return home to live out their lives as rich and
respected members of Chinese society. When that dream failed, many
Chinese settled in the United States permanently.

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